Carlow Business Awards

Community Award

Sponsored by KCLR

  • Carlow & South Leinster Rape Crisis Centre
  • Carlow Mental Health Association
  • Co. Carlow Hospice Ltd.
  • Delta Centre
  • EIST Cancer Support Centre
  • Tullow Agricultural Show
  • Visit Carlow

Best Licensed Premises

Sponsored by Curry Garden Indian Restaurant

  • Carpe Diem
  • Osborne’s Bar
  • Osborne’s Bar & Storehouse
  • Tara Arms
  • The Terrace @ Dinn Rí Carlow
  • Tullys Bar
  • Woodford Dolmen Hotel

Food & Beverage Producers Award

Sponsored by Clashganny House

  • The Chocolate Garden of Ireland
  • Smyth and O’Reilly Artisan Irish Distillers
  • Walsh Whiskey Distillery
  • Sunshine Juices

Best Casual Dining

Sponsored by Osborne’s

  • Tara Arms
  • Bake cafe and tearoom
  • BeaNice
  • Brooks
  • Caffe 500
  • Curry Garden Indian Restaurant
  • Neighbourhood Espresso
  • Rathwood
  • Talbot Hotel
  • Thrive Cafe
  • Pimento Wine and Tapas

Best Presented Premises/Shop Front - Carlow Town

Sponsored by Carlow County Council

  • Curry Garden Indian Restaurant
  • Neighbourhood Espresso Workshop Ltd
  • Carpe Diem
  • Berlin Hair Lounge
  • Carlow District Credit Union LTD
  • Dome Carlow
  • OMG Studio – Tanning Hair Beauty
  • Organic Corner

Best Presented Premises/Shop Front - Tullow & North Carlow

Sponsored by Carlow County Council

  • Osborne’s Bar
  • Cafe De Mode
  • Murphys Butchers

Best Presented Premises/Shop Front - Muine Bheag & South Carlow

Sponsored by Carlow County Council

  • Step House Hotel
  • Osborne’s Bar & Storehouse
  • Bob’s Bar and R’ Breen & Son Funeral Directors

Best New Retailer of the Year

Sponsored by Ulster Bank

  • OMG Studio – Tanning Hair Beauty
  • Organic Corner
  • Ballyshane Studio
  • The Wedding Accessory Store

Best Start Up/Emerging Business Award

Sponsored by Carlow Local Enterprise Office

  • Ballyshane
  • Neighbourhood Espresso Workshop Ltd
  • Caffe 500
  • Thrive Cafe
  • Craft Shapes Ireland
  • Deathnotices.co
  • Denis Shelly Legal Costs Accountants Limited
  • Digital Solutions Ireland
  • Fit Club Carlow
  • thesocialnetwork .ie

Customer Service - Professional Service

Sponsored by Horizon Safety Systems

  • Craft Shapes Ireland
  • Carlow District Credit Union LTD
  • Rathwood
  • AK Graphics
  • Barrow Consultancy and Training Ltd
  • Blacknight
  • Carlow Dental Centre
  • Carlow Tourism
  • Dooley Motors
  • Faceworks
  • Kavanagh & Co
  • Matrix Recruitment
  • Newhaven Kitchens & Bedrooms Ltd
  • Scats Bouncing Castles
  • Wright Insurance Brokers

Employee of the Year

Sponsored by UNUM

  • Georgia Patrick (Equiratings)
  • Kealan Brennan (Bake Café)
  • Shane Kelly (Detail Menswear)
  • Bogdan Gajzler (Horizon Safety)
  • Carol Lochab (Matrix Recruitment)
  • Margaret Kelly (MP Doyle Group)
  • Mary Doyle (Talbot Hotel)

Exporter of the Year

Sponsored by AIB

  • Walsh Whiskey Distillery
  • Autolaunch Ltd.
  • Burnside Autocyl (Tullow) Ltd
  • Carlow Brewing Company
  • Equinox Education Services Ltd
  • EquiRatings Limited

Technology Award

Sponsored by Simply Workflow

  • EquiRatings Limited
  • Blacknight
  • Carlow Dental Centre
  • Deathnotices.co
  • thesocialnetwork .ie
  • Aptus Broadband

Marketing Award

Sponsored by IT Carlow

  • thesocialnetwork .ie
  • Equinox Education Services Ltd
  • Newhaven Kitchens & Bedrooms Ltd
  • Smyth and O’Reilly Artisan Irish Distillers
  • Dome Carlow
  • Woodford Dolmen Hotel
  • KCLR 96fm

Hidden Gem

Sponsored by Burnside Autocyl Ltd

  • Faceworks
  • Ballyshane Studio
  • Fit Club Carlow
  • The Wedding Accessory Store
  • Cafe De Mode
  • Altamont Plants
  • Clashganny house restaurant
  • Huntington Castle
  • The Tea Rooms at Ducketts Grove

Best Festival or Tourist Experience

Sponsored by Barrow Training

  • Fit Club Carlow
  • Huntington Castle
  • Walsh Whiskey Distillery
  • Carlow County Museum
  • Carlow St Patricks Day Parade 2018
  • Summerfest Carlow

Venue of the Year

Sponsored by Carlow Dental Centre

  • Summerfest Carlow
  • Dome Carlow
  • Woodford Dolmen Hotel
  • Step House Hotel
  • Arboretum
  • Dinn Rí Carlow

Rural Innovation Award

Sponsored by R-Innovate

  • Aptus Broadband
  • Bob’s Bar and R’ Breen & Son Funeral Directors
  • Daniel Whelan Engineering

Business to Business

Sponsored by Jones Business Systems

  • thesocialnetwork .ie
  • KCLR 96fm
  • Aptus Broadband
  • Blacknight
  • Matrix Recruitment
  • Wright Insurance Brokers
  • Denis Shelly Legal Costs Accountants Ltd
  • Sign Management Services
  • Swordfish Medical Ltd.
  • Catering Innovation Agency

Best Restaurant

Sponsored by CIA Ltd

  • Woodford Dolmen Hotel
  • Clashganny house restaurant
  • Curry Garden Indian Restaurant
  • Talbot Hotel

Retailer of the Year

Sponsored by Talbot Hotel Carlow

  • Arboretum
  • Rathwood
  • Boland Carlow
  • Detail Menswear
  • Omega Fish Shop

Outstanding Small Business of the Year

Sponsored by Harvey Nolan Chartered Accountants

  • Swordfish Medical Ltd.
  • Faceworks
  • Equinox Education Services Ltd
  • EquiRatings Limited
  • Barrow Consultancy and Training Ltd
  • Scats Bouncing Castles
  • The Chocolate Garden of Ireland
  • Catering Innovation Agency Ltd
  • English language Ireland
  • Fusion Elite Fitness

Business of the Year

Sponsored by Bank of Ireland

  • Arboretum
  • Boland Carlow
  • Talbot Hotel
  • Daniel Whelan Engineering
  • Autolaunch Ltd.
  • Carlow Brewing Company
  • Codd Mushrooms

Special Award Categories

The nominees and winners of the Lifetime Achievement Award, Carlow Ambassador of the Year and Spirit of Carlow Award will be revealed on the night.

Visual Carlow will host the 2018 Carlow Business Awards on Thursday 27 September from 7pm.